Members Needed for License Plate Standard Working Group

AAMVA is seeking 11 AAMVA jurisdiction members to serve on the License Plate Standard Working Group. The working group will review and update the AAMVA License Plate Standard. It is anticipated that this will be a 1-year project.

We are also seeking associate member representatives to serve as Technical Advisors to the working group. Technical Advisors will be invited to attend the first meeting to provide information that will inform the members prior to beginning their work. Technical Advisors will also be provided the opportunity to comment on a draft document before it is finalized.

This Week's Webinars

The NMVTIS SWI Web Application is used by the states to perform title verification and data corrections. This webinar focuses on how the states use the administrative features to oversee the states user community. A brief overview of the SWI application is also provided. The SWI application has been built so that each state manages their own user community. This includes configuring the system with organizations to which users are assigned. The state administrator is responsible for user role assignments and user account activation and deactivation. The SWI Application also includes a reporting component that allows state administrators to monitor user activity.

Note: This webinar is for AAMVA jurisdiction and federal members only.

NMVTIS has two third party transactions that involve updates between the central site and multiple states. Because the transactions involve multiple states and the central site, it is possible for a transaction to break down before it completes. Further activity against this title record is greatly restricted until the problem is resolved. This webinar provides instruction as to how to identify and resume suspended transactions. The intended audience for this webinar are NMVTIS Help Desk Personnel, Business Process Analyst and IT System Integrators.

Why Real ID Is Causing Real Confusion

The Transportation Security Administration has begun verbally
notifying travelers about the upcoming REAL ID deadline, a little more than 13
months away..."REAL ID implementation is a little more than a year
away," TSA Acting Deputy Administrator Patricia Cogswell said in a
statement. "Now is the time to prepare." But the rollout has caused
confusion for various reasons, so here are a few basics that are helpful to
understand. Read more at aarp.org.

A shake-up is underway at the Oklahoma Department of Public
Safety, the state agency that runs the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and handles the
issuance, revocation and reinstatement of driver's licenses. Out are Rusty
Rhoades, the DPS commissioner, and Col. Michael Harrell, the chief of the
Highway Patrol. Taking over as commissioner is John Scully, the director of the
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control. Read more at tulsaworld.com.

The state Senate's top Republican has introduced a bill that would protect
Department of Motor Vehicles employees from legal retribution, should they
refuse licenses to undocumented immigrants. The controversial "Green Light
Law," passed by the state Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Andrew
Cuomo on June 17, has sparked outrage from county clerks across the state —
some of whom have filed legal challenges in federal court arguing that the law
conflicts with federal policy. The bill from Senate Minority Leader John
Flanagan (R-Suffolk) would permit a DMV employee to hire an attorney to defend
himself should the state take civil action against them for refusing to
administer the licenses...Another bill specifically authorizes the governor to
remove a county clerk from office should they refuse to recognize driver's
licenses held by undocumented immigrants. Read
more at nypost.com.

There's been a lot of criticism from New York Republican
lawmakers about proposed new license plates. The state's DMV commissioner hopes
to set it all straight. One criticism is over the fee drivers will need to pay
to replace their plates. In a statement, Commissioner Mark J.F. Schroeder says
the fee has been 25 dollars for over ten years, since before Governor Andrew
Cuomo took office. Schroder says Cuomo would like to lower the fee and called
out lawmakers. "If the legislators are sincere and want to lower the fee
immediately, although they haven't in the past decade, the Governor has made
clear he invites them back for a Special session to do it," Schroeder
said. Read
more at wskg.org.

The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday that
a Tesla Model S was in Autopilot mode when it struck a fire truck in Culver
City, California, one of a series of crashes the board is investigating
involving Tesla's driver assistance system. The 2014 Model S Autopilot system
was engaged continuously for the final 13 minutes and 48 seconds of the trip
before the vehicle struck a fire truck parked on Interstate-405 in January
2018, the NTSB safety board said in documents posted on Tuesday. The driver
kept his hands off the wheel for all but 51 seconds of the final drive segment
and received numerous alerts to place his hands back on the wheel, the
documents showed. Read more at cnbc.com.